Week 1, Investigating Science

What would be the best title for the diagram below?

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Is the process of determining the size, weight, or other aspect of an object or event.

• experiment

• hypothesis

• measurement

• tool

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Explain why you might NOT use every step listed in the text in every investigation. 

• Sometimes we do not need to create a hypothesis, we can just start measuring something.

• Sometimes we observe a result before we ask a question, so we ask the question later.

• Sometimes we can learn about something scientific when we are just playing outside, so we don’t need to record anything. 

  
  

• You should always use every step every time.

Is an educated guess, or a guess you make based on information you already known.

• hypothesis

• experiment

• investigation

• measurement

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Anders Celsius invented what in 1742?

• a telescope

• a temperature scale

• a camera

• a stopwatch

Is a process for answering a question using the scientific method.

• Scienfific Method

• qualitiative observaton

• tool

• investigation

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Scientific tools help us gather information by…

• They do the work so we don’t have to

• They answer science questions.

• They show things that aren’t really there.

• They help us measure things.

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What is this scientific tool?

• microscope

• balance scale

• seismograph

• binocular

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Is a way of solving problems that uses a set of steps to make sure your answer is accurate and based on evidence. 

• Scientific Method

• Investigation

• Tool

• Experiement

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Use details and information in different articles of studies weekly to explain the difference between experiments and investigations.  

Choose all that apply.

How are they alike and how are they different?

• Experiments and investigations are alike because we use both to help us learn about science.

• They are different because an experiment usually follows the scientific method and an investigation may or may not follow steps.

• An experiment is controlled and repeated, but an investigation can happen anyway at any time.

• Experiements and Investigations are the same.